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The shooting script for Sally Potter’s Orlando

Packed with notes, sketches and Polaroids, this shooting script for Sally Potter’s film of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando illustrates the complexity of one of cinema’s undersung roles: the script supervisor.

By Nathalie Morris

The shooting script for Sally Potter’s Orlando

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Camels attending a cinema in Sutton in 1962

By Kay Eldridge and Alex Prideaux

Camels attending a cinema in Sutton in 1962

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Alan Whicker’s cue cards for interviewing Sean Connery on You Only Live Twice

By Nathalie Morris

Alan Whicker’s cue cards for interviewing Sean Connery on You Only Live Twice

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The painted ‘flying ballet’ design for Superman

By Claire Smith

The painted ‘flying ballet’ design for Superman

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Object of the week: Harold Brown’s handmade film printer, the Mark IV

By Alex Prideaux

Object of the week: Harold Brown’s handmade film printer, the Mark IV

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Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

By Bryony Dixon

Object of the week: 96-year-old footage of Alfred Hitchcock in a test take for his thriller Blackmail

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Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The colourful lists from Peter Wollen’s notebook

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Object of the week: promotional still for the lost silent romcom Swim Girl, Swim

By Eva Norton

Object of the week: promotional still for the lost silent romcom Swim Girl, Swim

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Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth

By Nathalie Morris

Object of the week: The Red Shoes wallpaper by the film’s designer Hein Heckroth